Belgium
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Tankers
Euronav orders ammonia-ready VLCC
Belgian tanker giant Euronav has returned to Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding for more VLCC newbuilds. The Saverys family-controlled company has signed…
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Renewables
Jan De Nul secures Hornsea 3 contract
Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul and Danish utility Ørsted have struck an export cable deal for the Hornsea 3…
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Ports and Logistics
Antwerp struggles to contain cocaine flowing through its port
Authorities in Belgium say they seized a record amount of cocaine at the port of Antwerp last year. The port…
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Dry Cargo
Bocimar sells modern newcastlemax
The Saverys family-controlled bulker arm, Bocimar, is taking advantage of aggressive bidding in the bulker segment in a rare deal…
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Europe
Alex Saverys outlines plans for 120 low-carbon ships
The new-look Euronav is drawing up plans for 120 low-carbon ship orders. At a capital markets day on Friday, Alexander…
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Operations
Antwerp on alert after bomb threat on MSC boxship
The Port Authority of Antwerp has received a bomb threat related to a ship headed towards the port. Information was…
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Tech
Euronav to take over CMB.TECH in $1.15bn deal
The Saverys family-controlled Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has officially made its move to join one of Europe’s best-known tanker brands…
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Gas
Leadership change at Exmar
Belgium’s Exmar is moving into next year with new leadership. Carl-Antoine Saverys will take the helm from Francis Mottrie at…
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Dry Cargo
EGPN Bulk Carrier in for Bocimar cape trio
China’s EGPN Bulk Carrier has gone back to its roots adding ships in the bulk segment, securing three capes at…
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Containers
New boxship design unveiled
Belgian shipowner Zulu Associates has unveiled a concept design for a 200 teu autonomous, electric short sea container vessel featuring…
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Bunkering
World’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat launched
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges and CMB.TECH have launched the Hydrotug 1, the world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat. The Hydrotug 1 is…
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Tankers
Euronav orders one VLCC and two suezmaxes
Now that it has fixed its future ownership with the Saverys family back in control, tanker giant Euronav has lifted…
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Renewables
DEME forms offshore wind partnership in Greece
Belgian marine contractor DEME and Greek renewable energy developer and independent power producer Faria Renewables have signed a cooperation agreement…
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Dry Cargo
CMB and Boeckmans team up for hydrogen-powered newbuilds
Belgium’s Compagnie Maritime Belge, via its cleantech division, CMB.Tech has teamed up with compatriot shipping company Boeckmans to build four…
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Renewables
CMB’s Windcat takes CSOV orderbook to five ships
Crew transfer vessel operator Windcat, part of Antwerp-based shipping and logistics group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), has returned to Dutch…
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Tankers
Alex Saverys becomes CEO at Euronav as CMB takes back control
The Saverys family-controlled Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) officially took control of Euronav yesterday with John Fredriksen selling his stake in…
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Tankers
Euronav shareholders approve CMB’s plans for alternative future of European tanker giant
Shareholders yesterday gave their approval to the new-look Euronav, paving the way for the Saverys family to carve out a…
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Offshore
Egypt picks Jan de Nul for 1000 km subsea cable to Europe
Egypt has signed an agreement with Jan De Nul Group to start the study for the construction of an undersea…
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Offshore
Exmar returns to offshore drilling with Vantage stake
Belgium’s Exmar has made its return to the offshore drilling sector with a stake in the Houston-headquartered rig owner and…
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Finance and Insurance
Euronav and Ocean Yield agree sustainability-linked sale and leaseback on two suezmaxes
Norwegian sale and leaseback player Ocean Yield has picked up a pair of modern suezmax tankers from Belgium’s Euronav. The…
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